Bouwmeester is the name that comes to mind immediately. He was a serviceable defenseman but was brought in to make the Flames an elite team and then they obviously never delivered on that missing the playoffs every season until he was eventually traded for a relatively lackluster return.
Roman Turek was much maligned after signing his contract and the clock hit midnight.
Denis Gauthier was another victim of the early 2000s Flames lack of depth and was always seeming to draw the ire of fans. Although he did go out of his way to make big hits and got himself and the team in trouble.
The biggest whipping boy though was Phaneuf. Never reached expectations and the trade didn't help things.
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